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Reasons to Schedule Tree Trimming This Spring

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Spring is an ideal time for tree pruning in Melbourne. Well-maintained plants are healthy, attractive, safer, and can produce more flowers or fruit than those left untouched year after year. To give your tree a good start for the season, tree trimming in the spring can help your trees grow well as they end their winter dormancy. Safety Regular tree pruning is an essential step in successful tree care. Low branches should be removed to clear the way for traffic or to improve the range of view for drivers, and split or broken branches need to be cut to prevent them from falling on homes, cars, or people. For trees that grow along walkways, low-growing branches should be trimmed to protect passersby. Storms are common in the spring, so it’s vital to deal with trees and branches that present a safety hazard before heavy winds and rains send them flying or falling. Tree Health Tree trimming gives you a chance to cut away any branches that are dead, pest-ridden, or diseased, promoti...

Is Bot Canker Affecting Your Ornamental Trees?

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Besides regular tree pruning and trimming, watching for the signs of disease is an important part of successful tree care. If you’re wondering if you should contact a tree arborist in Melbourne about a diseased tree on your property, then continue reading to learn how bot canker can affect ornamental trees. Introduction Bot canker, or Botryosphaeria dothidea, is an opportunistic fungus that is a serious pathogen among ornamental trees. This disease most frequently affects damaged and weakened trees, and environmental factors such as freeze injury, heat, drought, and soil compaction are examples of stressors that can make your trees more vulnerable to bot canker. This fungus commonly affects redbud, willow, elm, oak, hickory, holly, dogwood, cherry, apple, sweetgum, and Leyland cypress trees. Identification The lesions caused by a bot canker infection can vary in size according to the tree species and its condition at the time of infection. The lesions are typically surroun...